# Mount Abbot

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For the mountain in British Columbia, see [Mount Abbott (British Columbia)](/source/Mount_Abbott_(British_Columbia)).

**Mount Abbot** is a mountain in [California](/source/California)'s [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)), in the [John Muir Wilderness](/source/John_Muir_Wilderness).[4] It is located between [Mount Mills](/source/Mount_Mills_(California)) and [Mount Dade](/source/Mount_Dade) along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between [Fresno](/source/Fresno_County,_California) and [Inyo](/source/Inyo_County,_California) counties.

The peak was named for [Henry Larcom Abbot](/source/Henry_Larcom_Abbot) who, in 1855, was a member of the Williamson party of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in California and Oregon.[3][5] He retired from the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) as a [brigadier general](/source/Brigadier_general_(United_States)) in 1904.[3]

## See also

- [California 4000 meter peaks](/source/California_4000_meter_peaks)
- [Thirteener](/source/Thirteener)

## References

1. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

1. ["Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List"](http://climber.org/wsc/WSClist.html). Retrieved 2016-03-24.

1. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

1. 150485. Retrieved 2011-05-31.

1. Erwin G. Gudde & William Bright (10 May 2004). [*California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Kqwt5RlMVBoC&pg=PA3). University of California Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-520-24217-3. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

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